CLYDESDALE BANK 40, Northampton:
Derbyshire 234-5 beat Northants 230-6 by five wickets
Derbys 2pts
Match scorecard

Peterson played in six Test matches for South Africa

Derbyshire got their Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign up and running with a five-wicket victory over Northants under the Wantage Road floodlights.

Chasing 231 to win, Robin Peterson made 51 as all of the Derbyshire batting fired to get home on 234-5 with eight balls left.

Niall O'Brien, back from ICC World Twenty 20 duty with Ireland, top scored with 52 as Northants posted 230-6.

Northants have now lost all three of their games so far in the competition.

But it was a first victory at the third attempt for Derbyshire, who had lost their previous two games to Gloucestershire and Essex.

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